Arsenal not in 'transfer mode' - Wenger coy on Sterling and Milner

Raheem Sterling and James Milner have both been linked with Arsenal, but manager Arsene Wenger is not ready to enter the transfer market.

Published

19 May 2015

Arsene Wenger refused to be drawn on speculation linking Arsenal with Raheem Sterling and James Milner, insisting the club are not in "transfer mode".

Sterling's Liverpool future is shrouded in doubt after reports emerged on Monday that he is planning to tell the club he wants to leave at the end of the season, with Arsenal long thought to be interested in the forward.

Manchester City's Milner, an England team-mate of Sterling, has also been tipped with a move to the Emirates Stadium with the midfielder out of contract at the end of the campaign.

But manager Wenger insists his only focus is on Wednesday's Premier League contest against Sunderland and helping Arsenal achieve a second-placed finish.

On Sterling, he said: "At the moment we are not in transfer mode. We want to finish well our season.

"We have put in a massive effort to come back in a potential good position and we have to focus to finish well.

"After the effort we have put in it would be stupid not to finish well.

"I do not bid for anybody at the moment. In the summer I will bid for people, yes, but at the moment we are not in transfer mode at all. I don't like to lie."